SasuNaru The Missing Spark Chapter 10

This is a yaoi story, meaning guyXguy love!! I think that's all I should need to say! If you don't like and read anyways than it's your own fault, don't blame me for your stupidity....

Hey boy! It's time to wake up! Don't you have that special mission today? I wouldn't want you to be late and lose marks. Naruto awoke. He found that it was quite strange for Kyuubi to be this polite, especially considering how much he knew Naruto wanted to pass this test that he knew Sasuke would pass with flying colors. As he walked around, getting ready for the mission, he decided to ask Kyuubi about his sudden personality change.

Kyuubi, why are you being so considerate this morning? You've never cared before.

Well boy, that's an easy one. I don't want you separated from Sasuke. Naruto was startled.

Why do you say that?

Again boy, you ask an easy question. He's our mate and I won't allow some bitch to have him. If you don't pass while he does you two won't be able to be together as often and another could sweep him away from us. Naruto sighed. He should have guessed it would be something like that. He noticed he had a blush on his cheeks all the same though. He continued to walk on and finally got to the mission counter. Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura knew that this had to be a very important and rare event because even Kakashi-sensei was there on time. That was two days in a row now! The three genin looked at Kakashi-sensei with a look of astonishment. Kakashi-sensei looked back at them and saw their stares.

"What?"

"You've been on time two days in a row Kakashi-sensei! That has to be some kind of record!" Sakura replied, seemingly the only one of the three who could put her thoughts into words.

Kakashi-sensei just shrugged and turned to the mission counter. Iruka was sitting there, as it was apparently his turn to give out the missions today.

"Well, aren't you guys lucky. I've heard about the special case in which all four of you get separate missions today. Let's see. Ahh. Here we go. These missions ought to work just fine for the four of you." Iruka spoke with a cheerful grin on his face as he handed each person a scroll.

All of the four members opened their scrolls and immediately read out what it said, well except for Kakashi-sensei who opened it but read it to himself. He's gotten enough lone missions by now that they aren't really that exciting anymore.

"I'm to trail Gai-sensei!" Sakura stated in a manner so the others would think she was excited, or so she hoped anyway.

"hmph. I'm to retrieve the Scroll of Darkness." Sasuke didn't seem to care.

"I have to go meet the client to get more details on my mission.... It must be really cool then!" Naruto seemed the most excited of the bunch.

The other three ninja all looked at Naruto and raised an eyebrow at his excitement. After all, it might even be a really boring mission. Naruto couldn't know that for sure

"So, Where are you meeting your client?" Kakashi asked, sounding interested but it was impossible to tell if he actually was interested.

"In the Land of Waves... Hey! That means I get to see Inari and the others again! All right!" Naruto exclaimed.

All four ninja left immediately and once they had gotten out of the mission office Sakura separated from the group while the other three ninja left the village. Once they got out of the village the rest of the team separated, going their separate ways to where their mission took them. Naruto walked off in the direction of the Land of Waves, a huge smile on his face as he went. I can't wait to see Inari and the others again.

What's so great about them? Naruto had forgotten about the fox until that moment.

They are friends of mine Kyuubi.

Huh. If you say so. I'm only looking forward to going to the land of waves for one reason. Naruto's interest was pricked.

Why's that?

Well, it was the first place that you used my power for battle. I thought you would have guessed that also meant I woke up from my deep slumber there.

Oh, right. I guess that makes sense. Naruto heard what could have passed as a slight 'tch' from Kyuubi but decided to ignore it.

Naruto finally arrived at the Land of Waves and immediately began to look around. Not much had changed since his last visit.. if anything at all. It didn't look as gloomy, that's for sure. He saw all the people walking around and immediately looked for Inari. He spotted Inari's hat and immediately ran over.

"Hey Inari! Long time no see!" Naruto called, placing his hand on Inari's shoulder.

"Naruto! You came back!" Inari looked genuinely surprised.

"Course I came back! I promised ya didn't I?"

Inari smiled and Naruto finally figured out the main difference that had been bothering him about this town. Inari had grown a bit since he last saw him and he didn't look as helpless. He'd been training, Naruto surmised and it had definitely made him more confident.

"What are you doing here Naruto?" Inari asked quietly.

"I'm here on a mission! I'm to meat my client here and I thought I'd say hi."

"I'm sure Mom and Grandpa would love to see you again. I'll bring you there, but first I need to pick up some groceries."

"All right! I'll help!" Naruto gave a huge grin.

It was a good thing Naruto was there. It turned out that Inari's mom had gotten a bit crazy and forgot that even though Inari had grown, he was still a little kid and couldn't carry much. Naruto carried half and Inari carried half. Naruto couldn't help but admit that he couldn't carry much more himself and was glad when he saw Inari's home. They walked in and Inari immediately greeted his mom and grandpa.

"Mom! Grandpa! I'm home!"

"Welcome back Inari!" His mother cried and before she could say anything else Inari spoke again.

"Guess what? I have someone here to see you and Grandpa!"

Both his mom and grandpa could hear the excitement in his voice and so wondered who it could be that was paying them a visit. Inari walked into the kitchen with his load immediately followed by their guest. Inari put down his groceries on the counter, the guest quickly following suit. After placing the groceries down their guest backed up and turned with one of his trademark smiles.

"Hey you two! It's been awhile hasn't it?"

Both of Inari's mom and grandpa were shocked. They had never imagined that they would see Naruto again, even though he had told Inari that he would come back and visit. They talked with Naruto a bit and asked him what he had been up to lately. Naruto told them everything... well, except for the latest bit of information that is. He wasn't sure how they would take him being gay. Inari seemed to know that Naruto was holding out on him though and decided that it was time to do some prodding.

"What aren't you telling us Naruto? I can tell there's something."

Naruto was taken aback, but decided to tell a half-truth to get Inari off of his back. " Uhh..... I have someone that I love now..... "

"Really? That's awesome Naruto! Is she beautiful?"

"Yeah, they are quite beautiful indeed." Naruto was quite proud of the fact that he didn't have to lie, he just didn't mention that the 'She' was actually a 'He'.

They all seemed satisfied with that. They made Naruto dinner and then all went to bed, giving Naruto a bed to sleep in since he didn't need to meet his client until the next day. Naruto found himself thinking of Sasuke. It had been a while since he had seen Sasuke, much less kissed him. Naruto sighed and eventually got to sleep.

He dreamed of Sasuke that night and his glorious body.. the way Sasuke kissed him, it was almost too much to bear the pain when he woke up the next morning to find it had all been a dream. Naruto pressed his fingers to his lips and pressed, almost as if trying to imitate the sensation of Sasuke's lips against his own. Inari came in, slightly annoyed but when he saw Naruto there sitting up and also noticed that Naruto hadn't heard him come in, he couldn't help but watch Naruto press his fingers to his lips. He then saw the loneliness in Naruto's eyes and guessed that Naruto was missing his girlfriend.

"Naruto, were you having a dream about your girlfriend last night?" Inari asked, getting straight to the point.

Naruto jumped and was almost about to blurt out that he had a boyfriend, not a girlfriend when he remembered that he didn't want Inari knowing about that. "Yeah, I guess I was. How did you guess?"

"Well, you were groaning in your sleep and it woke me up about half an hour ago. It was too close to the time I'd be waking up anyway for me to go back to sleep."

"Oh, sorry about that."

Naruto was shocked by the news that he had been groaning in his sleep. Inari's mom and grandpa had woken up by this time and his mom was making breakfast. Naruto ate his breakfast with the others and then helped them clean the dishes. He thanked them for allowing him to stay with them the night and for the wonderful meals then left to go to the spot where his client had stated that they would meet and talk about what the mission was going to be about.

Naruto wandered around until he found the small restaurant that the client had specified. He walked inside to find it not very full at all. He looked around and saw someone sitting at the counter where he was told he would find the client. He walked forward and stopped right behind the person in question.

"Are you the clients?" He asked.

The man turned to him and replied with a slight grin on his face. "Why, yes I am. I'm glad to see your on time. Sit down, have something to eat before we discuss the mission."

Before Naruto sat down he looked at the man before him. He was wearing a pure black cloak that looked somewhat familiar but Naruto couldn't place it. Strangely enough, when Naruto looked at this man he couldn't help but think that he looked a lot like Ino, maybe a bit taller and more masculine but a lot like Ino nonetheless. Naruto sat down and saw a bowl of ramen awaiting him. Naruto got so excited that he completely disregarded the fact that the man shouldn't know anything about him, much less that he loved ramen. Naruto devoured the ramen before him, and was so devoted to this task that he failed to notice the smirk that had appeared on the man's face.

"So, let's talk about the mission" Naruto turned to face the man after finishing his ramen.

"Oh, it's quite simple really....." The man mysteriously grinned at Naruto which made him feel very uneasy about this situation.

"Well then, ..... tell...... me.... abo....*yawn* about .... it...." Naruto stated very sleepily as he started to wobble slightly.

"Are you alright?" The man asked, although it sounded almost like the man wasn't concerned at all and Naruto looked up to see an evil grin on his lips.

"W-W-What's going on....."

Naruto felt himself fall off the stool and his eyes closing shut, stubbornly insisting that he sleep. Naruto's last conscious thought before he hit the floor and fell completely unconscious was that he was stupid to have not checked the food before he ate it, as it must have been laced with something.

The man stood up off the stool and picked Naruto up off the floor, his face held in a huge smirk. He walked out the door, joined by a smaller man wearing a mask that looked strangely like an orange basketball with a black dot where his eye would be so that he could see without problems. They walked off in one direction, leaving this small village and going to their hideout.